Nova ScotiaSome schools and roads are closed and homes are without power as a wet and snowy storm pummels parts of Nova Scotia. More than 19,000 Nova Scotia Power customers are in the darkCBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2025 5:42 AM EST | Last Updated: 39 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A plow truck drives on Highway 104 near the Cobequid Pass. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)Some schools and roads are closed and homes are without power in Nova Scotia as a wet and snowy storm pummels parts of the province.All schools of the Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education and Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education are closed today. The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says all schools in Digby County are closed but schools in Yarmouth and Shelburne counties are open.The South Shore Regional Centre for Education says the Forest Heights family of schools is closed today.In Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, École Rose-des-Vents in Greenwood is closed today, while classes are cancelled for École acadienne de Truro and Centre scolaire Étoile de l’Acadie in Sydney.The Nova Scotia Power outage map is showing more than 19,000 customers without power around the province.Road closuresSome roads and highways were closed on Wednesday morning, according to the province’s 511 website, which shows road conditions across the province. Those closures include part of Highway 104 between Masstown, N.S., and Oxford.Kyle Hollingsworth, a supervisor with towing and recovery company Heavy Rescue 104, said an 18-wheeler jackknifed on Highway 104 around 4 a.m. near the Cobequid Pass toll station, blocking the lanes of traffic heading in the direction of New Brunswick.Kyle Hollingsworth, a supervisor with Heavy Rescue 104, was helping to tow vehicles that were blocking or stuck on Highway 104. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)The incident caused traffic to back up on the highway for several kilometres.Hollingsworth and his crew used wreckers, or heavy-duty tow trucks, to clear the truck and assist other vehicles, which were also having trouble moving on the section of snow-laden highway that is also on an incline.”We’re hooking on to trucks right as we speak, and we’re going to tow them out of here one by one to the top of the hill, come back, grab the next one, keep on going,” he said.Hollingsworth said his crew had been on scene since early Tuesday evening in preparation for dealing with traffic incidents.”It’s very predictable because a lot of people still have summer tires on and it’s December and they should have their winter tires on by now,” he said.Yellow warningsThe nor’easter is bringing a mix of snow, rain and heavy winds to the province.Northern parts of Nova Scotia are under a yellow warning from Environment Canada with up to 30 centimetres of snow expected. Up to 50 centimetres is expected in northern Cape Breton.Meanwhile, the Atlantic coast of the province is getting hit with up to 45 millimetres of rain and winds gusting up to 80 kilometres an hour. MORE TOP STORIESWith files from Brett Ruskin
Some schools, roads closed as storm pummels parts of Nova Scotia
